Most first and second pitch meetings with VCs are fairly lopsided, where entrepreneurs spend the bulk of the time sharing their businesses, rather than being a true exchange of both parties in developing a relationship. However, it’s rare that a venture capitalist is going to point-blank admit that his pockets are empty. It just all depends.

Speaking in Newtown, CT yesterday, President Obama said : We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change. We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and that is true. [.] Surely, we can do better than this. then surely we have an obligation to try. Why is this not attempted?

Skiing off of Polar Express. love the emails I get from readers of this blog. Yesterday morning, I got the following from Shane Schieffer of FitTrip and I just saw it as I was grinding through my morning backlog from the weekend. “Hi Brad, Happy holidays. The question was bothering me so I took a shot at it this morning.

What separates the master networkers from the amateurs? The former tend not to make these mistakes. Lots of articles describe how to create a more marketable LinkedIn profile, how to find the right groups to join, how to choose the best profile photo. should know, I've written about that. Oh, and that. Yep, and that too. Then it's tacky. You can't.
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Prepare in advance for those days you may be away ! People go through many different emotional states during each year. The emotions range from the excitement and joy to the horror of losses like those seen in the Sandy storm or the killings in Newtown, CT. These events affect the desire and ability to maintain normal function of a business.
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Leaders who build lasting legacies don't do so overnight. For long term impact, a leader must be reflective and thoughtful. The greatest need we face in business today is leadership that makes real, positive change in the long term. And yet the most important challenges we face are none of these things. Find a place of solitude. Post it on Twitter.
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Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.
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You might not know it, but your controlling behaviors are making your employees batty. Here are a few ways to ease up already. Control freaks rarely know that they are one. They believe that they are helping people with their "constructive criticism" or taking over a project because "no one else will do it right." This is also called fear mongering.
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